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It has been one of the indispensible tools in writing this blog. I receive a number of alerts each day with both broad and narrow search terms to keep abreast of writings far and wide in the field of Local Search. <\/p>\n<p>Today I recieved this alert:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/14695324\/detail.html\">More Local Women Hitting Woods In Search Of Deer<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>WPXI.com &#8211; Pittsburgh,PA,USA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PITTSBURGH &#8212; While there are fewer hunters nationwide, one group of hunters is growing: women. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I took up golf this summer as my 12 year son wanted to learn the game and needed the ocassional partner. My woods game was nowhere near this accurate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in college, I had a job clipping articles from newspapers for a professor who was planning a book. 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